Defence in the Media: 2 June 2015

...that we can run a defence budget properly, and so well that you can invest for the future. We’re building two aircraft carriers, seven Hunter-Killer submarines, there are new armoured...
...that we can run a defence budget properly, and so well that you can invest for the future. We’re building two aircraft carriers, seven Hunter-Killer submarines, there are new armoured...
...BBC bulletins) report that the NAO has suggested Britain’s armed forces could be left with too few pilots because a new private training scheme is already five years behind schedule....
...that money spent on preventing wars and stabilising countries could be re-categorised as defence spending. The Daily Telegraph reports on new research which shows the vast majority of Britons believe...
With the wider news agenda focusing on the EU Referendum, other articles report on defence spending and the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, with Prince Charles to unveil...
...read our full response here: https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/2015/06/22/breaking-news-uk-responds-to-latest-nato-defence-spending-figures/ Migrant crisis The story that HMS Bulwark is to be replaced by HMS Enterprise is carried in The Times, which says that the “much...
...of the UK contribution to the NATO Rapid Reaction Force here. The Financial Times looks ahead to today’s defence ministerial in Brussels, saying the meeting today will inject a new...
...There are various stories on defence spending in today’s newspapers. Of note, The Sun newspaper publishes its own defence manifesto, calling for the department’s budget to be protected and outlining...
Today’s broadcast news continues to feature the first repatriation of the first bodies of some of those British tourists who were killed by a gunman on a beach in Tunisia....
...The MOD launched an investigation into his citation last year but found no new information or any evidence that he was treated differently from the other servicemen who were considered...
...gains after it seized the capital on Anbar, Ramadi, in May. Extremist threat ITV News last night featured an interview with Tony Blair where he urged nations around the world...